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Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by shadowfax92 » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:18 PM UTC

px43 wrote: post #173

This Apple only nonsense is driving me nuts. I pay OpenAI $200 a month, and use Codex all the time, but just installed the crappy ChatGPT app for Android, and just use it from the mobile web browser, because it's over a month behind on super common features that launched on iPhone on day one. Same thing with Sora 2 being Apple only. What craziness is that? Why are developers leaning so hard into supporting closed sou…

We are an open-source alternative and have a linux and windows build as well, check us out -- http://git.new/browserOS

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:18 PM UTC

sixtyj wrote: post #327

beardyw wrote: post #300

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me AI is like having a young graduate come to live with you as an assistant. It's happy to do some research for you though not very inspired. But make lunch? No. Do some cleaning. Def no, but happy to chat about how you should do it. It all seems a bit pointless in the end.

Be patient. In few years, it will be a senior graduate :)

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Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by darepublic » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:18 PM UTC

ragequittah wrote: post #330

sloankev wrote: post #306

Im still weary of OpenAI being legally required to retain all of your data even if you delete it [0] . This means everything you expose to this tool will be permanently stored somewhere. Why isn’t this a bigger problem for people? Even privacy concerns aside… this would be the world’s most catastrophic data leak. [0]: https://openai.com/index/response-to-nyt-data-demands/

I'm not so sure this is much worse than Chrome. Really in today's world if you're not browsing the web like multiple people are looking over your shoulder you're probably doing it wrong. And most of the steps people do to mitigate privacy violations (TOR, pihole, VPNs, etc.) probably make any signal you do put out more scrutinized. The one solution I do like is the iCloud private relay which I hope some reputable VPN…

My general understanding is that they browser fingerprint you. And then if that fingerprint is ever detected on a site that also knows your pii they have you. Is that the gist of it or are there more shenanigans I'm unaware of

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by xnx » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:20 PM UTC

This is a big step. Having an AI agent that can do real useful things in the browser is a huge feature for normal people automating tasks. Hopefully this will encourage Google to roll out this same feature that they have already announced and demoed.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by shadowfax92 » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:20 PM UTC

zuInnp wrote: post #166

In the future we all will use 50 different Chromium based browsers

This is honestly what I think is gonna happen as well.

And that is a good thing too.

(we are building one -- http://git.new/browserOS)

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by shadowfax92 » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:21 PM UTC

utilize1808 wrote: post #309

Now imagine corporations start to use this to monitor their workforce...

Do you think OpenAI will have an enterprise version of the browser as well?

Eventually yes. But in I think in the near term, they will probably be just consumer focused.

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:21 PM UTC

sloankev wrote: post #306

Im still weary of OpenAI being legally required to retain all of your data even if you delete it [0] . This means everything you expose to this tool will be permanently stored somewhere. Why isn’t this a bigger problem for people? Even privacy concerns aside… this would be the world’s most catastrophic data leak. [0]: https://openai.com/index/response-to-nyt-data-demands/

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Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by shadowfax92 » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:21 PM UTC

drum55 wrote: post #51

SeanAnderson wrote: post #4

How does this page not immediately address what I assume is everyone's first question? Is this browser built on Chromium, or is it a completely fresh creation? I have to assume that because they AREN'T highlighting it that it IS built on Chromium.

It's just Chromium, thinly reskinned.

Of course

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by shadowfax92 » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:23 PM UTC

emrehan wrote: post #167

"Browser memories" claim to be "private", but the learn more link is broken. Shows the care given by OpenAI to privacy.

Link broken was probably a honest oversight. That said, there is still a need for fully open-source + local browser where users store their memories locally (and have encrypted cloud backup if required).This is on our roadmap! (BrowserOS.com)

Re: ChatGPT Atlas

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Post by elric » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 7:24 PM UTC

granzymes wrote: post #279

ZeljkoS wrote: post #190

Here are the highlights from the .DMG installer screens ( https://imgur.com/a/Tu4TlNu ): 1. Turn on browser memories Allow ChatGPT to remember useful details as you browse to give smarter responses and proactive suggestions. You're in control - memories stay private. 2. Ask ChatGPT - on any website Open the ChatGPT sidebar on any website to summarize, explain, or handle tasks - right next to what you're browsing. 3.…

Being able to search browser history with natural language is the feature I am most excited for. I can't count the number of times I've spent >10 minutes looking for a link from 5 months ago that I can describe the content of but can't remember the title.

Are we talking searching the URLs and titles? Or the full body of the page? The latter would require tracking a fuckton of data, including a whole lot of potentially sensitive data.